Synonyms for beforehand
bɪˈfɔrˌhænd, -ˈfoʊr-be·fore·hand

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1. beforehandadverb

   Synonyms:
   in advance

   Antonyms:
   afterwards

2. beforehandadverb

   In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.

   Rich and much beforehand. Francis Bacon.

   Synonyms:
   in advance

   Antonyms:
   afterwards

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1. advance(a), beforehand(p)adverb

   being ahead of time or need

   "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report"

   Antonyms:
   late, middle

2. ahead, in advance, beforehandadverb

   ahead of time; in anticipation

   "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead"; "should have made reservations beforehand"

   Synonyms:
   forwards, in front, ahead, in advance, forrader, onwards, onward, in the lead, before, forward, out front

   Antonyms:
   middle, late

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1. at the outset

   at or from the beginning

   Submitted by anonymous on April 8, 2020  

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1. beforehandadjective

   Synonyms:
   previously, in anticipation, in advance

2. beforehandadjective

   Synonyms:
   forehanded, in comfortable circumstances (as respects property), well off, well to do

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1. List of paraphrases for "beforehand":

   previously, prior, before, earlier

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1. Alex Bastian:

   Oftentimes, many people who were incorrectly assumed to have been released for whatever reason were actually released because they bailed out of custody based on money bail, and we have seen that in some of the follow-home robberies…defendants bailed out on exorbitant amounts of bail and hundreds of thousands of dollars [beforehand].

2. Dimitri Augustidis:

   The tickets to go to Greece this weekend are really expensive, it isn't because of the season, it's because of the elections. For the (general) elections in January, I went back to vote and paid 100 pound)to go two days beforehand. This referendum when I'm leaving again two days before, the tickets are 300 pounds.

3. Shinichiro Kadota:

   At the review we expect the Fed to drop 'patient' and send a message that it is ready to hike rates depending on economic data. Against such a background, the euro remains the most vulnerable versus the dollar, eCB's QE continues to take a toll on the euro. Euro zone bond yields were thought to have mostly priced in the QE launch beforehand, but the magnitude of their decline has shown that such expectations were premature.

4. Donald Trump:

   The reaction of the colleagues and the station has been really incredible and it's really inspiring to watch, it's too bad that we can't figure it out beforehand, but it's a pretty tough thing to do.

5. Jason Miller:

   If I'm going to be spending time with the President or other team members, first of all we're tested beforehand. There's about a full hour space from the time that we're tested until we make sure that we're in the clear, we keep distance from the President at all times. The closest I ever get to the President is about eight feet, maybe six feet -- usually pretty solid distance back. A lot of times it's more like ten feet.